KIDZ Rock the Vote!

An Original play for Young Audiences by Richard Major in collaboration with Deborah Harbin and students performing in Milligan College's Theatre For Young Audiences Tour to schools in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

1. A non-partisan original production which encourages young people to become more informed about how American Presidents, past and present, are elected to office.

2. The company has already booked 20 venues of performances for a K-5 audience in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

3. Fast paced, music-laden, and full of interesting facts of elections past and present, this 30 minute production will be performed for approximately 5,000 children in our region in the coming weeks prior to the election.

4. All students seeing the production will be asked to participate in a special "KIDZ Rock the Vote!" straw poll on Election Day, Tuesday November 4th, for the candidate of their choice. Envoys from the production will take special "KIDZ Rock the Vote!" ballot boxes to each of the participating schools during the morning of Tuesday, November 4th and children will be allowed to "cast their vote" for the presidential candidate of the choice. Votes will be tabulated that evening by cast members in the production and then each participating school will be informed of their school's choice for President early on Wednesday, November 5th. Schools will also be informed as to the outcome of the Total polling throughout the region of who young people think should be our 44th President.

5. An innovative production aimed to rally children to understand how American Democracy actually works!